List of people from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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This is a list of notable people associated with the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.
- Kia Abdullah – author; born in Mile End, went to school in Bow
- Damon Albarn – singer-songwriter for bands Blur, Gorillaz; born in Whitechapel
- Joe Anderson – 'All England' boxing champion of 1897[1]
- Danny Boyle – film director, producer and screenwriter; lives in Mile End
- Rosa Nouchette Carey – children's novelist; born in Stratford-le-Bow[2]
- Ashley Cole – footballer, played for Arsenal's invincibles; born in Stepney; attended Bow Boys School
- Donald Crisp – Academy Award-winning actor; born in Bow
- Dizzee Rascal – grime musician
- John Granville Harkness – Major-General in the British Army of the Victorian era
- Perry Groves – footballer, played for Arsenal; born in Bow
- Felicity Jones – actress, lives in Bethnal Green
- Isaac Julien – artist, raised in Bow[3]
- Ledley King – former footballer; defender for Tottenham Hotspur; born in Bow
- Oona King – former Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow; political commentator[4]
- Charlie McDonnell – comedian and musician; YouTube personality; shares a flat in Bow
- Ian McKellen – award winning actor; lives in Bow
- Margaret Moran – disgraced former Labour MP for Luton South who was convicted of the largest amount of fraud in the Parliamentary Expenses Scandal[5]
- Graham Norton – comedian and television presenter; lives in Bow[6]
- Sylvia Pankhurst – suffragette and social campaigner
- Lutfur Rahman – former Mayor of Tower Hamlets (2010-2015; lives in Whitechapel
- Harry Redknapp – former footballer; manager, Queens Park Rangers
- John Robertson – Premier of New South Wales, Australia, on five occasions between 1881 and 1886; born in Bow
- Tinchy Stryder – grime musician
- Joakim Sundström – Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician; has a flat south of Bow
- Danny Wallace – filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television; lives in Bow[7]
- Wiley – grime musician, urban artist
- Amy Winehouse – jazz singer-songwriter; had a flat in Bow
See also
References
- ^ "Bare-Knuckle Fighter". Antiques Roadshow Detectives. Episode 3. 8 April 2015. BBC Television. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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- ^ [1]. The Guardian. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ Oona King website. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
- ^ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/8060254/Margaret-Moran-a-controversial-career.html
- ^ Sunday Mirror 4 March 2001. (source: Highbeam).
- ^ "My Home: Danny Wallace, Comedian" Archived 6 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine. The Independent.
